New Homes - IG Department tips First impressions generally are lasting !!!!!!

• Walk your houses as you were the buyer
• Organize your inspection so you are looking for the same issues as the IG
• Use our lists (as presented here) as a punch out guide
• If you disagree, discuss objectively
• Communicate with IG any product changes that may affect the inspection
• Keep your job sites clean and organized
• Lead walks, steps and porches not 100% cleaned
• Loose towel bars and toilet paper holders
• Paint on door weather stripping
• Light fixtures crooked, not centered and not at equal height
• Paint on shoe mold
• Doors not shimmed properly
• Scratches on cabinets
• Dents in metal doors
• Crooked floor registers
• Caps missing on sump pump covers
• Paint on door latches, hinges, etc.
• Gouges and bad repairs of same in trim
• Areaways not cleaned
• Foundations painted over dirt and waterproofing material
• Dirt and/or paint in v-joint hardwood
• Debris and paint on roofs (all roof types)
• Crooked ceiling registers
• Improper hanging of louver doors
• Shimming of interior doors
• Dirty fireplace screens
• Caps on gas burners not set properly
• Garage slabs not formed properly
• Job sites ( neat and clean)
• Site fence
• Storage of material